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Education
The CAWC Approach to Education
(Report from the Education Forum at the 2002 CAWC Annual Conference)
The CAWC has a graded approach
to education, taking responsibility for three basic levels:
- Basic knowledge in wound
bed preparation and the prevention and management of pressure ulcers,
venous leg ulcer and neurotrophic (diabetic) foot ulcers. (S1 Workshop)
- Practical skills in lower
leg assessment, compression therapy and debridement. (S2 Workshop)
- Integration of knowledge
and skills through exposure to experienced clinicians. (S3 Preceptorships)
For those wound care clinicians
who wish to go beyond this basic level, the International Interdisciplinary
Wound Care Course at the University of Toronto (S4) is available and can
lead to the Masters (S5) course currently under development. Exciting
work is underway at the international level to foster international approaches
to education; S6 represents the international level.
The annual national conference
is also viewed as part of the CAWC’s overall education program and
will continue to provide opportunities for participants from novice to
expert through educational and networking opportunities. The national
conference is also viewed through its Forums as an occasion for wound
care clinicians to give input into public policy and clinical practice
guidelines and educational approaches.
Accomplishments for 2001-2002
- 7th Annual Conference
in London — 600 participants
- Development and piloting
of the S1 Workshop in Toronto — 500 participants
- Development and piloting
of the S2 Workshop in Toronto — 240 participants
- 8th Annual Conference
in Vancouver — 540 participants
- Development of CD ROMs to
support the workshops and other educational initiatives
- First Educational Forum
at the Vancouver Conference
Educational Series
S1 and S2
The goal is to have both the
S1 and S2 workshops offered regionally at least once in each calendar
year. Regional workshops would be in
- Maritimes
- Ontario
- Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
Alberta
- British Columbia
- Quebec (once developed)
S3
Educational Goal
To provide an opportunity for
wound care clinicians to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in
the S1 and S2 workshops by pairing with experienced wound care teams or
clinicians.
Educational Objectives
By the completion of the S3
participants will have had opportunities to:
- Conduct a global assessment
of a person with a wound
- Complete a full lower limb
assessment including physical examination, Doppler assessment and neurosensory
testing
- Assess for bacterial load
- Observe debridement of non-viable
tissue
- Develop a plan of care that
takes into account patient-centered concerns and takes a global approach
to wound management
- Observe the application
of compression therapy
- Observe interdisciplinary
practice models*
- Meet personally set educational
goals*
*optional
Approach
- The CAWC will develop a
resource list of potential Preceptorship sites and obtain their agreement
to participate. Sites may be an individual or a group. All sites must
be able to meet objectives 1 through 6. Sites will be asked to specify
what other experiences they can provide. (Target completion — March
2003)
- The CAWC will develop educational
materials for a mail-out package to include
- Educational Objectives
- Participant planning sheet
for developing personal educational objectives
- List of approved sites
- Participant code of conduct
(Target completion — March 2003)
- The CAWC will act as a clearinghouse,
matching participants to their proposed sites.
- The CAWC will collect a
registration fee.
- Participants to make their
own travel and accommodation arrangements and negotiate their educational
experience based on their personal educational objectives.
- Participants will negotiate
their own times of attendance with the site.
- The preceptorship should
include at least two days experience, which may or may not be continuous.
- The CAWC will assume no
liability regarding the experience but will set the framework and act
as broker.
- Sites will not certify participants
as competent to perform any activity.
- Participants, on successful
completion, will receive a Certificate of Attendance, which will name
the site and list the activities experienced.
Specific
information about the Educational series (S1, S2, S3).
View PowerPoint slide showing graphical
representation of Educational Series.
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